Analysis Of Human Memory: The Basics By Michael E. Martinez

Only the data that catches our attention or something we only need to know for a minute goes into short-term memory. Short-term memory is stored in the brain for about half a minute. Short-term storage is small; it can hold about seven independent items at one time, an example being "carry" numbers in math.Information that may help us in the future will go into long-term memory, where it can last a lifetime.Long-term memory involves three processes: encoding, storage and retrieval.

We have short- and long-term memory because of the way memories need to be stored. There is actually a plethora of different types of memory, but I will just be discussing the basics: sensory, working, commonly called short-term, and long-term memory. Sensory and working memory is similar in that they have two fundamental differences from long-term memory, they have chunk limits, and temporal decay. Chunk limits mean that you're working memory can only contain a rather small amount of memory. Temporal decay is when information fades just due to time. When you’re senses experience something it is stored in sensory memory for around 5 seconds. If this information catches your attention it is moved to working memory for processing. Once in working memory the information last for approximately 30 seconds while you process it. Information can stay in working memory as long as you think about it, but once you leave it, it either fades or is stored in long-term memory, where it can last from minutes to your entire life. You’re sitting at your desk writing a paper and the clock in the bottom left corner counts up a minute. You’re probably not going to notice it, because it’s not important enough to be put in working memory. Now a spider climbs over your screen, if you have a phobia of

Richard Rodriguez, in the passage “Remedial Reading” from his autobiography “Hunger of Memory”(1982), promotes active reading as a developer of one’s mind. He justifies his position by describing his initial experiences with reading, specifically his attachment to the reading. Rodriguez’s anecdote functions as an encourager of stubborn minds trying to read and displaying its potential to change their life for the better. Rodriguez uses a very descriptive style that may be too verbose for children but compliments the verbosity with enough explanation of his purpose for his message to be known or ascertained.

One particular memory sticks out when I think of a time I was a good influence on someone. I was playing with my neighbor Evelyn. It was late August and she was telling me how she was afraid to start kindergarten in the fall. I am two years older than her so I had already been through two years of school. I spent the entire day telling her all about how great kindergarten is and explaining how fun the games and other kids are. When we finished talking it was decided that we would pretend that it was the first day of school. I was the teacher and Evelyn was the student, at the end of the day Evelyn said she was no longer afraid of kindergarten, she was excited. Several weeks later after school started Evelyn's mother told me how I helped Evelyn

A special memory to me is how I always used to go to my grandpas house. I remember how his house smelt. His house always smelt like pine trees, bonfires, and all sorts of country smells. I also remember what he always used to where. He used to wear jeans with a black shirt and a red plaid shirt over it.

Now that you know my first memory I will tell you my second memory. My second memory is when I went to Hawaii five times. Last time I went to Hawaii it was in 2014, in Hawaii two years ago I went surfing for the first time! My mom signed my older brother and I up for one morning of surfing lessons, and that was super fun! Also every year when we go to Hawaii we go snorkeling. Last time we went snorkeling I went with my dad and we saw so many different types of fish, coral, and we even saw a turtle! One other spectacular thing that happened was we went on a boat ride and there was a whole bunch of other people on board. We stopped near this island with no houses or anything on it and we went snorkeling around there. On the way back to the island

When it comes to the human brain most people do not understand that the body relies on the brain for everything. From moving to jumping to the smalls thing like blinking of the eyes. The research that interest me was that the brain does everything, and controls everything. The brain is made up of three very important components and they are called, the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem. These very important components are in charge of breathing, digestion, heart rate, attention, language, emotional and feeding, drinking, sexual response, aggression and pleasure. This is everything that the body needs and have for the body to function. This paper will discuss the brain, how the memory process is intertwined with the most important

Memory retrieval is likely to be good when information that has to be remembered has already been tested before multiple times. In fact, practicing retrieval has a larger effect than actually revising this information (Hockley, 2009).

During the discussion on memory, we deliberated on the difference between emotional, procedural and episodic memory, the correlation between identity and humanity, the perception of time, and the ability of self-realization. Firstly, we explicated the emotional aspect of Clive Wearing’s severe case of amnesia, but also realized his love for Deborah (his wife) and music were bittersweet. His raw emotional memory was left untouched, whereas his episodic memory was severely affected. Furthermore, we examined the parallels between identity and humanity. Some believed that being human means to display emotions, whereas others affirmed that emotions require episodic memory. Moreover, we concluded that memory is inherently altered through repetition.

One article discusses how the long-term memory is contains knowledge about, “What the self is, has been, and can be;” whereas, the short-term memory monitors what is entered into long-term memory (Conway, 2005). This was in conjunction with how I perceived my memory because if it wasn’t important enough the memory would have been lost. In order to store memory in the brain it starts as the encoding phase, which is when information learned is changed into a form that can be stored in memory (Gazzaniga et al, 2016). Next is the storage phase, which is when the nervous system changes an experience into an everlasting memory (Gazzaniga et al, 2016). Now I am in the retrieval stage, which is the last stage, here we reach into memory storage to pull a previously stored memory to mind (Gazzaniga et al, 2016).

In the article, Memory as discrimination: what distraction reveals, the authors C. Philip Beaman, Maciej Hanczakowski, Helen M. Hodgetts, John E, Marsh, and Dylan M. Jones choose to determine whether or not correct or erroneous recall is impacted by semantic and nonsemantic factors discriminability. The researchers choose to conduct their experiment using the population of every student that attends Cardiff University. For their experiment they choose three different sample groups. The first experiment will use distractors visually, the second with auditory, and the third using language. For group one a sample size of forty-eight was chosen. This group was constructed with individuals that had English as their primary language and had sound hearing capabilities. The second group was also made up of forty- eight individuals. This groups were made up of people that had English as their primary language, had normal to correct to normal vision, and normal hearing. The third group of individuals was made up of only a sample size of twenty-nine persons. However, this third group had the same requirements for hearing that the second group had, yet they had to be qualified bilingual in Welsh-English language. This is to be an experiment study since the groups were

Memory may be either short-term or long-term. In short-term memory, the brain stores info for a couple of moments: that is about the time it will take a person to look up a friend's telephone number. Short term memory is actually vulnerable, and it is designed to be. If not, the human brain might rapidly experience

Associationism is one of the oldest and most commonly held theories of thought. It explains that memory depends on the formation of linkages between elements such as events, sensations or ideas, and by remembering or experiencing one member of the elements will trigger a memory or anticipation of the other. As J.R. Anderson and G.H. Bower wrote in the book “Human Associative Memory”:

Memory makes us. It is, to an extent, a collection of unique and personal experiences that we, as individuals, have amassed over our lifetime. It is what connects us to our past and what shapes our present and the future. If we are unable remember the what, when, where, and who of our everyday lives, our level of functioning would be greatly impacted. Memory is defined as or recognized as the “sum or total of what we remember.” Memory provides us the ability to learn and adjust to or from prior experiences. In addition, memory or our ability to remember plays an integral role in the building and sustaining of relationships. Additionally, memory is also a process; it is how we internalize and store our external environment and experiences. It entails the capacity to remember past experiences, and the process of recalling previous experiences, information, impressions, habits and skills to awareness. It is the storage of materials learned and/or retained from our experiences. This fact is demonstrated by the modification, adjustment and/or adaptation of structure or behavior. Furthermore, we as individuals, envision thoughts and ideas of the present through short-term memory, or in our working memory, we warehouse past experiences and learned values in long-term memory, also referred to as episodic or semantic memory. Most importantly, memory is malleable and it is intimately linked to our sense of identity and where we believe we belong in the world.

Memory is the process involved in retaining, retrieving and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas and skills after the original information is no longer present. We can relate this case with what we learn in psychology. Short term memory holds information from 15 until 30 seconds whereas long term memory holds information for years. Short-term memory (STM) is the system that is involved in storing small amount of information for a brief period of time while long-term memory (LTM) is the system that is responsible for storing information for long periods of time and recall information about past events in lives and knowledge learned.